Non-refillable bottle.



J. V. CAVALERO. NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE. APPUCATlON HLED MAY 12. 1914.

l ,1 $6,968. I Patented June 13, 1916.

Wi t 3144: whom Qmw 7772 W21 vaiero To all whom itmay concern JOHN v.oAvALEno, or new YORK, N. Y.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

- Patented June 13,1916.

Application filed. May 12, 1914. Serial No. 833,021.

Be it known that 1, JOHN V. GAvA nRo,

a citizen. of the United States, residing in v the city of New York,borough ofManhat tan, county and State of New York, have invented acertain new and useful Non-Refillable Bottle, of which the following isa specification.

This invention is a liquid container, and the object in view is toprevent refilling the container with spuriousliquor after it'shall havebeen emptied of its original contents. The device enables the liquid tofl'ow freely when the bottle is turned to a decanting position, forthereason that air can enter the container during the outflow of theliquid, the inflow of air/ and the outflow of liquid taking placesimultaneously and without interference. Furthermore, the parts are sosimple in construction and easy of assemblage that the article ismanufactured rapidly, economically and without resorting to skilledlabor. r

The invention is embodied in a container the mouth portion of which isprovided with an upstanding flange positioned interme diate an internalshoulder and an external shoulder, a hollow member clamped in a fixedposition by, contact with said internal shoulder and an exterior cap,said hollow member being provided with a liquid passage and withcavities at top and bottom, a cap attached to the container andoperating to clamp the hollow member fixedly in position against theinternal shoulder, a disk valve adapted to be seated against theinternal shoulder, and a separate valve positioned in the upper cavityof the hollow member, said separate valve being provided with a stemadapted to contact with the disk valve.

Other featuresand'advantages of themvention will appear from thefollowing de-: tailed description;

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical section through a non-refillablebottle embodying my invention, and illustrating said bottle in a normalupright position. Fig. 2 is a vertical section similar to Fig. 1, withthe bottle in a decanting position. i Fig. 3 is a plan view of the diskvalve.

The bottle A may be of any suitable shape and dimensions, but as shownthe wallrof the bottle is thickened adjacent to the mouth portionthereof, as at a, said bottle being provided, with an upwardlyprojecting diate the inner and outer edges of the bottle at the mouthportion thereof, and shoulders I) b are thus formed at the mouthportlonof the bottle, the shoulder 6? being exterior.

to theupstanding flange b, whereas the interiorly with l flange b. Thisflange is positionedintermeher is provided with a longitudinal passaged, the upper part of which opens into the cavity 0, whereas the lowerend of said pas sage opens through the horizontal bottom face of themember. An exterior fiange e is provided on member 13 at the lower partthereof, and depending from the under face of this member is a secondflange f, the

the interior diameter ofthe flange at the mouth of the container.Saidflange b of the container is provided, preferably, with an exteriorscrew thread 9, and to this flange diameter of which is equalsubstantially to r f is screwed the lower female threaded part I of acap C, whereby the cap C is attached directly to a threaded part of thecontainer A. If desired, the cap C may be attached in any other suitableway to the container, as

of the character known as glass cement applied to the threads or to thecontacting for example by omitting the engaging faces ofthe cap and theshoulder 6 when the cap is sealed to the container, it is apparent thatsaidcap cannot be removed without breaking the container, thus efl'ec"tually preventing the device from beingre filled with spurious or otherliquor after it I shall have been emptied of its original liquidcontents. 7 i i Thecap C is shown as having a head it integral with thesleeve-like portion ofsaid cap, and in one side wall of the cap is aliquid outlet h, the latter being in the form of an aperture surroundedby a flange if,"

otherwise entirely.

To providetfor the ingress of air simultaneously with the outflowoiliquid, it is desirable' to employ an "air" inlet preferably in thatwallofthe ca'p C 'opposite'to the outlet 72/, but ifdesiredthis'air inlet 6may be positioned,and itmay be omitted The external diameterof thehollow member B isless than the internal diameter of the sleevepo tio'nof-tlie cap, and thus an annular liquid passage j is provided betweenthe opposing surfaces r of the hollowlmember andthe' cap, 1

An imp'ortant feature of my invention is the provision "of means forclamping the 'hollowl n iember Bfixedly in position by the exterior cap6. Tothi's end the head it of the capv is shown as having studs 70adapted L for contact with theupper edge of member B. These studs 70 areintegralwith the head and are spaced with respect to each other,

said studsbeing positioned on the under face of the head and adapted forcontact with the upper edge of the hollow member. 'Ifidesired, the top"edge of the member 13 may be," and preferably is, provided with ashallowannular channel in into which the depending studs in are adaptedto fit, so that 1 the studs will'tra'vel Within the groove intheoperation of screwing cap C upon-the threaded portion got thecontainer. D nis a disk valveswhich is positioned a,g ,'ai11st theinternal shoulder b at the rloosely withinthespace formed by thedepending flange f o'fnieniber B. This disk' valvefis adapted to'restupon or be seated mouth of the'bottle. The disk valve is free to havealimitedsidewise movement within a cavity f, provided-a t the bottomofmember B by the depending thinge' f. Movement I of the disk-valvetowardthe under face of the hollow member is limited or arrested 'bystuds Zwhichare integral with the memher and depend from the under facethereof, whereby the studs Z so limit the movement of the diskvalve ,Dthat a space is provided between thefvalve and the member for theoutflow of the liquid and the inflow of air .56 when the bottle isturned to a decanting poi withn'afj series of fingers D, anyxsuitablesition. Said disk valve is provided, also,

number; offwhich extend radially from the peripheral or edgeportion ofthe'disk valve, 7, Thesefinger's arein contact withthe innerfaceofthedepending flange fl so as to retain the disk-valve in properposition within 7 thefiang to' direct the movement of the disk valve ina wayand to provide a perjma'nent space between the edge of the diskvalve and the inner .face offlange f, thus providing the required spacefor the outflow i, ofliquid and the inflow of air between the.diskvalveand the chamber or cavity within which it is positioned. p Inaddition to the disk valve -D, my inper face of the valve.

vention embodies a separate valve E, the same being provided with-adepending stem E which fits loosely within the longitudinal passage (Zof the hollow member Said valve E is positioned within thecavity a ofsaid member so that the valve will occupy the seatowhen the bottle is inthe normal upright positlon. The valve and its stem are .free to have alimited movement within the V cavity 0 and passage (Z of the hollowmember,but this movement in one direction is arrested by the valvefitting the seat 0,

whereas the movement in the opposite direction is arrested by a stop-pinO integral with the head h of the cap and depending therefrom into adesired relation to the up The stem E of said valve terminates asuitable distance above disk valve D, and when the valve E occupies itsseat within the member said stem E is adapted to contact with the diskvalve should the latter stick within the cavity f" by the adhesion ofthe valve D to the walls of the lower cavity.

The disk valve D is shown as having a port D said port being within theedge of container in the upright position shown in Fig. 1, valve Doccupies the seat aflorded by the shoulder Z) of the container, andvalve E rests upon the seat 0 at the bottom of the chamber 0 within, thehollow member. Now when the bottle is tilted to the decanting position,as in Fig. 2, the pressure of the liquid a ainst valves D E will unseatsaid valves, the movement of valve D being arrested by the stop pins Z,whereas the outward movement of valve E will be arrested by contact withthe stop-pin C. With the valvesunseated, liquid is free to flow aroundthe lower edge of valve D through the passage d and below the edge ofvalve E, the liquid flowing out of chamber 0 over the edge of hollowmember B and through the annular passage j and out through the exitaperture h. At the same time air is free to flow through inlet i, theupper part of passage j, over the top edges of member B,

valve E, through the upper portion of passage d, and over the top edgeof valve D and into the container,'whereby liquid is free to' flow outof the container and air will flow into the container simultaneouslywith the liquid outflow.

I It is apparent that access cannot be ob tained by a wire or otherimplement to the valves, or either of them, for the reason that 138 itwill be diiiicult to obtain access to valve E in order to hold the samein an open position, but as the wire cannot pass said valve E, it willbe a physical impossibility to so manipulate the wire as to reach theinner valve D. The construction described thus precludes the mechanicalmanipulation of the valves for refilling the bottle, and it is believedthat it will not be possible to refill the bottle by admitting liquidunder pressure through the cap, for the reason that the pressure ofliquid against valve E will have a tendency to seat said valve, the stemE of said valve will .tend to press valve D to its seat, whereby theadmission ofliquid under pressure will force the valves to their thatwhen the disk again contacts with the seat the drops of liquid willspread and the pressure of air against the top of the disk valveoperates to bring about a condition to effect the sealing of said diskvalve directly at the outlet from said container.

It is apparent, further, that the pins or studs on the closed head ofthe cap adapted for contact with the top edge of the hollow member maybe reversed, z'. 6. said studs or pins may be provided on the top edgeof the hollow member for contact with said cap, whereby the vhollowmember is clamped in position between the container and the cap andspaces are provided to connect the upper chamber a of the hollow memberwith the annular chamber 7' between said hollow member and the externalcap.

Having thus fully describedthe invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a device of the class described, the combination of a container,an external cap fixedly secured thereto, said cap having a side liquidoutlet, a hollow member positioned within the cap and retained fixedlyin position by engagement with the cap at the top thereof and with thecontainer at its base, the diameter of said hollow member being lessthan the internal diameter of said cap to provide an intermediate airand liquid space around the hollow member to connect withthe outlet, anda plurality of operating valves retained in position by said hollowmember.

In a device of the class described, the combination of a container, anexternal cap fixedly secured to the container, said cap having a liquidoutlet in one side thereof, a

hollow member positioned within the cap and retained fixedly in positionby contact with the cap and the container, the diameter of said hollowmember being less than the internal diameter of the capto form an in- Itermediate space opening'into said liquid outlet, and separate valvesincased within the hollow member, one of said valves being seated onsaid member and the other valve seated on the container.

3. In a device of the. class described, the combination of a container,an external cap fixedly secured to the container, said cap having aliquid outlet in oneside thereof, a hollow member positioned within thecap and retained fixedly in position by contact with the cap and thecontainer,the diameter of said hollow member being less than theinternal diameter of the capv to form an intermediate space, a diskvalve positioned within the lower part of the hollow member and seatedon the container, a second valve incased Within the hollow member at theupper part thereof and seated thereon, and means on the cap and on thehollow memher for limiting the movement of said valves relative to saidhollow member.

4. In a device of the class described, the

combination of a container, an external cap fixedly secured to thecontainer, said cap having a liquid outlet in one side thereof, a

hollow member positioned within the cap and retained fixedly in positionby contact with the cap and the container, the diameter of said hollowmember, being less than the internal diameter of the cap to form anintermediate space, a disk valve positioned within the lower part of thehollow member and seated on the container, and a second valve incasedwithin the upper part of said hollow member and seated thereon, saidsecond valve having a rounded lower face and provided with a stemextending through the hollow member and adapted for contact with thedisk valve.

5. In a device of the class described, the combination of a container,an external cap fixedly secured to the container, said cap having aliquid outlet in one side thereof, a hollow member provided with achamber and with a groove in the edge above the chamber, studs dependingfrom the cap and fitted in the grooved edge of said hollow member, avalve positioned in the chamber and seated on the hollow member, and astoppin extending from the cap and contacting with said valve.

6. In a device of the class described, the

combination of a container; having an in-Q te'rnal shoulder, an externalcap secured to the container and provided with a liquid outlet, aninterior member of less diameter than the'cap provided with achamberhaving a curved and recessed valve vseat, said interiormemberbeingprovided also with a dependvalve providedwitha convex lowerface to,

ing flange] adapted to contact with the internalshould'er of thecontainer to form a lower cavity, a valve positioned in the lowercavity, a restricted passage connecting the upper chamber with the lowercavity, and a engage the curved valve seat and with a depending stem tolie-positioned within the passage and to extend into the lower cavitywhen the stem valve is in its closed position.

7; In a device of the class described, the COlIlblIlZLtlOIl of acontainer having a mouth,

an external cap provided with a liquid out? let, aninterior memberretained immovably between the cap and the container and above Qopieaot' thts patent mly be obtained 101' larged head mounted for rockingmovement in the upper chamber and having its stem adapted to engage thedisk valve when in its closed and the opened position of the disk valve,and a depending stop pin on the cap to limit the movement of the stemvalve in one direction. V

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.w

7 JOHN V. CAVALIERO;

' Witnesses:

- PETER CAvALnRo,

M. C. RODRIGUEZ.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,Washingtoml). G

